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Elections in Illinois |
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The 2024 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Illinois voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Illinois has 19 electoral votes in the Electoral College this election, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state lost a seat.[1]
Illinois is a strongly blue state in the Great Lakes region anchored by Chicago, with the sparsely populated southern region of the state being culturally influenced by the Upper South and Bible Belt. It has a reputation for being by far the most liberal state in the Great Lakes region. The state has voted for the Democratic candidate in every presidential election beginning in 1992 (doing so by at least 10% each time), including voting for Senator Barack Obama from Illinois in 2008 and 2012 and Chicago-born Hillary Clinton in 2016. This will also be the first election since 1868 in which Illinois will not have 20 or more electoral votes.
With 99% of the reported vote counted, Illinois has been projected to be won by the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. Illinois shifted towards Trump, with current vote counts showing Harris winning the state by a 11% margin, six points down from Biden. The state’s red shift was caused by low Democratic turnout in Cook County, home to Chicago with Harris receiving about 300,000 fewer votes than Biden in Cook County.[2] Trump became the first Republican to win the White House without Kendall County or McLean County.
The Illinois Democratic primary was held on March 19, 2024, alongside primaries in Arizona, Florida,[a] Kansas, and Ohio.
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
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Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
Joe Biden (incumbent) | 739,646 | 91.5% | 147 | 147 | |
Marianne Williamson | 28,777 | 3.6% | |||
Dean Phillips (withdrawn) | 25,615 | 3.2% | |||
Frankie Lozada (withdrawn) | 14,513 | 1.8% | |||
Total: | 808,551 | 100.00% | 147 | 27 | 174 |
The Illinois Republican primary was held on March 19, 2024, alongside primaries in Arizona, Florida, and Ohio.
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
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Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
Donald Trump | 479,556 | 80.50% | 64 | 0 | 64 |
Nikki Haley (withdrawn) | 86,278 | 14.48% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron DeSantis (withdrawn) | 16,990 | 2.85% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chris Christie (withdrawn) | 9,758 | 1.64% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ryan Binkley (withdrawn) | 3,114 | 0.52% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total: | 595,696 | 100.00% | 64 | 0 | 64 |
On August 23, 2024, the Illinois State Board of Elections met in Chicago and Springfield to certify the following list of candidates to appear on the general election ballot:
The board also issued rulings to the nomination papers of third party and independent candidates, including placeholder candidates for the Libertarian and Green Party tickets, as well as for Kennedy and Shanahan. Both the Libertarian and Green tickets were removed from the ballot, lacking the minimum required number of 25,000 valid signatures, while Kennedy remained.[5]
The 2024 Democratic National Convention was held from August 19 to 22, 2024, at the United Center in Chicago.[6] It was the first instance of a major party's presidential nominating convention held in Illinois since 1996.[7] Here, party delegates voted on their platform for the election and formally nominated vice president Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee, with Minnesota governor Tim Walz as her running mate.
Source | Ranking | As of |
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Cook Political Report[8] | Solid D | December 19, 2023 |
Inside Elections[9] | Solid D | April 26, 2023 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball[10] | Safe D | June 29, 2023 |
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill[11] | Safe D | June 13, 2024 |
CNalysis[12] | Solid D | December 30, 2023 |
CNN[13] | Solid D | January 14, 2024 |
The Economist[14] | Likely D | August 23, 2024 |
538[15] | Solid D | October 2, 2024 |
RCP[16] | Likely D | June 26, 2024 |
NBC News[17] | Safe D | October 6, 2024 |
Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[b] |
Margin of error |
Kamala Harris Democratic |
Donald Trump Republican |
Other / Undecided |
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ActiVote[18] | October 4–28, 2024 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 58% | 42% | – |
ActiVote[19] | September 3 – October 5, 2024 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 59% | 41% | – |
ActiVote[20] | August 6–29, 2024 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 58% | 42% | – |
Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[b] |
Margin of error |
Joe Biden Democratic |
Donald Trump Republican |
Other / Undecided |
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John Zogby Strategies[21][A] | April 13–21, 2024 | 643 (LV) | – | 53% | 40% | 7% |
Emerson College[22] | October 1–4, 2023 | 468 (RV) | ± 4.5% | 43% | 34% | 23% |
Cor Strategies[23] | August 24–27, 2023 | 811 (RV) | – | 55% | 35% | 10% |
Emerson College[24][B] | October 20–24, 2022 | 1,000 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 49% | 37% | 14% |
Public Policy Polling (D)[25][C] | October 10–11, 2022 | 770 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 51% | 42% | 7% |
Emerson College[26] | September 21–23, 2022 | 1,000 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 51% | 38% | 11% |
Joe Biden vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[b] |
Margin of error |
Joe Biden Democratic |
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Independent |
Other / Undecided |
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John Zogby Strategies[21][A] | April 13–21, 2024 | 643 (LV) | – | 46% | 43% | 11% |
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Donald Trump
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[b] |
Margin of error |
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Independent |
Donald Trump Republican |
Other / Undecided |
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John Zogby Strategies[21][A] | April 13–21, 2024 | 643 (LV) | – | 48% | 37% | 15% |
J. B. Pritzker vs. Donald Trump
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[b] |
Margin of error |
J. B. Pritzker Democratic |
Donald Trump Republican |
Other / Undecided |
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Public Policy Polling (D)[25] | October 10–11, 2022 | 770 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 51% | 42% | 7% |
Joe Biden vs. Ron DeSantis
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[b] |
Margin of error |
Joe Biden Democratic |
Ron DeSantis Republican |
Other / Undecided |
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Cor Strategies[23] | August 24–27, 2023 | 811 (RV) | – | 53% | 35% | 12% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | 3,056,201 | 54.76% | 2.78% | ||
Republican | 2,444,517 | 43.80% | 3.25% | ||
Independent |
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80,143 | 1.44% | N/A | |
Write-in | |||||
Total votes |
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